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AFGE, which
represents about 50,000 employees of the Social Security Administration (SSA),
has been active in a coalition of organizations opposing proposals to divert
money from the Social Security trust fund for the purpose of establishing
private accounts.

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The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE ) is the largest
federal employee union, representing 600,000 workers in the federal government
and the government of the District of Columbia. Its mission is to enhance the
understanding of Islam , encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower
American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual
understanding.

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"The truth is that private accounts do nothing to ensure
the continued solvency of Social Security.
In December of last year, dozens of American Muslim citizens were
detained, interrogated, fingerprinted, and photographed at the Buffalo-
Canadian border as they returned home from an annual Islamic conference in
Toronto.

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To Address Campaign for America's Future's Take Back America Conference

WHAT: John Gage, AFGE national president , to address Social Security
Privatization at Take Back America 2005 conference
WHERE: Washington Hilton Hotel, Ballroom East
1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington , DC
WHEN: Thursday, June 2, 11:30 a.
Gage, a near 30-year employee of SSA, said, "Americans put a lot of trust
in the workers of SSA, turning to the agency during emotional times: the
beginning of retirement, the advent of a disability or the loss of a loved
one."
Gage will address the role that the American labor community has played in
the campaign to strengthen Social Security and to block the establishment of
privatized accounts.
Take Back America 2005 is sponsored by the Campaign for America's Future,
a grassroots organization working to revitalize a progressive agenda and
fighting to make the economy work for working people once again. Subscribers to the list , called ISLAM-INFONET,
receive news releases and other materials dealing with American Muslim
positions on issues of importance to our society.

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, to announce action
against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over the practice of
targeting American citizens participating in religious conferences outside the
United States.org; Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726, E-Mail:
ihooper@cair-net .

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Social Security Union President to Speak Out Against Private Accounts

WASHINGTON, John Gage, national president of the
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), will address the Take Back
America 2005 conference on Thursday, June 2 at 11:30 a.

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m. Take Back
America brings together hundreds of progressive leaders and activists
annually. 244; 917-573-7880; Jeanne-Noel Mahoney and
John Curr, wro@nyclubuffalo.

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Interrogated, Fingerprinted

WASHINGTON, On Wednesday, April 20, The Council
on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the New York Civil Liberties Union
(NYCLU ) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will hold simultaneous
news conferences in New York City and Buffalo, N.org, 716-852-4033; Erica Pelletreau,
media@aclu.

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Earlier this year , two AFGE members testified before
Congress about pressure put on career employees to promote President Bush's
plan to partially privatize Social Security. Career professionals refused to take advantage of that trust, saying
'no' to pressure by agency upper management to sell the public on the
president 's Social Security privatization plan.

CONTACT: CAIR - Arsalan Iftikhar, 202-488-8787 or 202 -415-0799, E-Mail:
arsalan@cair-net.org; NYCLU/ACLU - Sheila Stainback, NYCLU Communications
Director , 212-344-3005, ext.

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org; Rabiah Ahmed, 202-488-8787 or 202-439-1441, E -Mail:
rahmed@cair-net.

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CAIR ACLU to Announce Action Against DHS Over NY Detentions

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Y.org, 212 -519-7829; Udi Ofer, 347-645-4333

NOTE: CAIR offers an e-mail list designed to be a journalist 's window to
the American Muslim community.

To SUBSCRIBE to ISLAM-INFONET, go to:
http: //cair.

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That fact should be the biggest
scandal of the privatization campaign," said Gage.

WHAT: Simultaneous News Conferences in Buffalo and New York City
Announcing CAIR, NYCLU, ACLU Action Against DHS Over NY Border
Detentions

WHERE: ACLU National Headquarters, 125 Broad Street, New York, NY

NYCLU Western Regional Office, The Ansonia Center, 712 Main
Street, Buffalo, NY

WHEN: Wednesday , April 20, 11:30 a.biglist.

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WHO:

NY CITY: Detained citizens from Buffalo, NY
Arsalan Iftikhar, CAIR National Legal Director
Donna Lieberman, NYCLU Executive Director
Chris Dunn, NYCLU Legal Director
Catherine Kim , ACLU Staff Attorney

BUFFALO: Detained citizens from Buffalo, NY
Udi Ofer , NYCLU Staff Attorney
Corey Stoughton, ACLU Staff Attorney
Khurrum Wahid, CAIR Legal Advisor
Wedade Abdallah, Immigration Attorney

CAIR, America 's largest Muslim civil liberties group, has 31 offices and
chapters nationwide and in Canada.